Why do I have so much stuff? Am I really that materialistic? Or that much of a packrat? Am I -- gasp! -- a hoarder?!?

1. I have a lot of things that are meaningful to me.

2. No.

3. No.

4. NO!

I do not hoard. I simply do not discard in a timely manner. If I followed the OHIO (Only Handle It Once) principle with mail, receipts, and all my other paperwork, a huge percentage of the crap I'm complaining about would not be in my home. It would have already gone out with the trash/recycling.

The other problem we have is that we both let things pile up, and we ignore the piles. I don't like washing dishes, so they tend to pile up in the sink. Tom doesn't always see that I have bagged trash ready to go out, so it doesn't make it to the curb. Then there are the things neither of us wants to deal with (usually relating to money), so we don't confront whatever it is right away.

Couple this with the fact that our house is too small for our possessions (since we merged two households of stuff plus inherited furniture and wedding gifts) into one space previously filled by one such household. *sigh*